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The student feels that she has a good understanding of evidence-based practice as a whole but she would like to become more familiar with research because research in combination with evidence-based practice is used to guide nursing practice (Schmidt & Brown, 2019). Scientific research is considered to be the best source of evidence and research information is stronger than that of trial and error, authority, and personal experience (Schmidt & Brown, 2019).

Research and evidence-based practice is important to the student and her nursing practice because she believes following research allows for the best patient outcomes. The student feels that research and evidence-based practice is important to the larger nursing profession because as time has progressed newer research is conducted which creates new evidence-based practices. Research and evidence-based practice are the holy grail of the nursing profession because without them we would all be clueless.

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Answer: The evidence based practice provides platform for the healthcare professionals to analyse, evaluate as well act accordingly. The evidence based practice means that the things that has evidence that it has worked of have any outcomes and that can be implemented on the same condition further or vice versa. The research and evidence based practice is important to the larger nursing profession and it has provided better opportunities to provide quality of care to the patients.